Technical Advisors

Living Future’s community of practice is vital to informing the technical development, continued industry leadership, and transparency of Living Future’s programs.

Living Future’s volunteer technical advisors are critical partners that represent built environment and building industry leadership with deep technical expertise in relevant topic areas. A key role of these advisors is to weigh in on decisions pertaining to the development and implementation of Living Future’s program requirements. 

Living Future has both Technical Advisory Groups (TAGs) and Individual Technical Advisors (TAs). TAG members are selected from a pool of applicants who respond to a public call. They serve an initial term of one year with the option of extending for one or two years at a time for up to a total of four years. Living Future plans to launch additional TAGs as needs arise over time. When the need for a new TAG is identified, Living Future will conduct an open call for applications. Individual TAs are engaged as needs and opportunities arise. If you have any questions about our technical advisory opportunities, please reach out to our Tech Advisory team. 

Material Health

The Material Health TAG will identify and synthesize the latest research on chemicals of concern in the built environment, provide recommendations for annual updates of the Living Future Red List, and advise Living Future on its role to advance industry discourse on material health.

Alexandra Bradford

Sustainability Manager, Mohawk Group

(she/her)
Ariana Spentzos

Senior Environmental Scientist (Specialist), California Department of Toxic Substances Control

(she/her)
Brent Ehrlich

Products and Materials Specialist, BuildingGreen

(he/him)
Candi Hampton

Vice President of Global Sustainability, Shaw Industries

(she/her)
Chris Hellstern, LFA

Living Building Challenge Services Director, The Miller Hull Partnership

(he/him)
Christopher Helt

Director, GreenScreen – Clean Production Action

Cory White

Technical Director at Health Product Declaration Collaborative (HPDC)

Dwayne Fuhlhage

Sustainability and Environment Director, Prosoco

(he/him)
Ivan Bornonat Monfort

Senior Product Stewardship Manager

(he/him)
Joel Ahearne-Ray

Senior Materials Specialist, Turner Construction Company

(he/him)
Kathryn M. Rodgers

Research Translation Scientist, Boston University School of Public Health

(she/her)
Lona Rerick, LFA

Director of Regenerative Design Materials, Perkins&Will

(she/her)
Luke Dias

Sustainability Manager – Superior Essex Communications/Parallel

(he/him)
Marilyn Specht

Senior Principal | Director of Sustainability Integration, SmithGroup

(she/her)
Mary Dickinson

Principal, Regional Director of Regenerative Design – Perkins&Will

(she/her)
Olivia LaMarche

Sustainability Director, WAP Sustainability

(she/her)
Rebecca Backer

Managing Director, Verico, LLC

(she/her)
Ross Kulick

Sustainability Manager, Operations & Supply Chain – Humanscale

(he/him)
Sara Tepfer

PhD Student, UC Berkeley School of Public Health

(she/her)
Seth Rojello Fernández

Science and Policy Associate, Green Science Policy Institute

(he/him)
Teresa McGrath

Chief Research Officer, Healthy Building Network

(she/her)

Individual Technical Advisors

TAs are tasked with examining specific issues and formulating recommendations in partnership withLiving Future technical program staff.

Anjanette Green, LFA

Owner, A Greener Space

(she/her)
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Principal, Mikiten Architecture

(he/him)
Erin Spadavecchia

Founder, Ridgeview Consulting Group

(she/her)
Gayathri Unnikrishnan

Founder & Impact Strategist, Liveable

(she/her)
Ieva Svatos

Senior Director, MBDC

(she/her)
James Kitchin

Director of the Abundant Futures Design Lab, MASS Design Group

Julia Farber

Circular Economy Advocacy Manager, Global Head of Standards

(she/her)
Kevin Halsey

Senior Ecosystem Services Analyst, EcoMetrix Solutions Group

(he/him)
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Low Carbon Building Lead, Carbon Leadership Forum

(she/her)
Laura Biltz

Design Manager, Conic Group LLC

(she/her)
Lenna Lockwood

Founder and Principal Consultant, Prospera

Matt Van Duinen

Sustainability Director, WAP Sustainability

(he/him)
Nick Jefferies

Senior Expert, Ellen MacArthur Foundation (Last role)

(he/him)
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Founding Principal, Responsible Sourcing Lab

(she/her)
Robin Mellon

CEO, Better Sydney

(he/him)
Shira de Bourbon Parme

Knowledge Engagement Manager, Skills Programme, Arup University, Arup

(she/her)